Families and societies are small and large versions of one another. Both are made up of people who have to work together, whose destinies are tied up with one another. Each features the components of a relationship: leaders perform roles… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor,… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Put together all the existing families and you have society. It is as simple as that. Whatever kind of training took place in the… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt. — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
